Morindae Officinalis Radix has a long history of medicinal use in China. It has a wide range of medicinal value and is one of the most commonly used traditional Chinese medicines in clinical application. According to modern studies

oligosaccharides are the main effective components in Morindae Officinalis Radix

with many functions such as anti-dementia

anti-depression

anti-oxidative stress

improving learning and memory ability

and enhancing immunity and sexual function. The above pharmacological actions are of great value for development and utilization. By consulting massive literature materials

it was found that many clinical effects of Morindae Officinalis Radix were correlated with the pharmacological actions of the oligosaccharides. These pharmacological actions have also scientifically interpreted the traditional functions of Morindae Officinalis Radix such as ‘tonifying kidney

dominating bone and benefiting brain’. Therefore

scholars both at home and abroad have done a lot of research work on it

especially the studies on the protective effects of the oligosaccharides from Morindae Officinalis Radix on nervous system. Relevant results showed that it had significant effects in anti-dementia

anti-depression

improving the learning and memory ability

with the potential to develop drugs for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease. In this paper

the researches of the past 20 years on extraction and purification process

component detection method and pharmacological actions of oligosaccharides from Morindae Officinalis Radix were collected and summarized upon accessing multiple databases such as CNKI

WanFang

PubMed

Science Direct and Springer. The researches and development prospects were also analyzed

and the research progress on oligosaccharides from Morindae Officinalis Radix was reviewed for further studying and comprehensive utilization of these oligosaccharides.